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Bomb threats against Love Live! concert lead to arrest of 17-year-old boy in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2018
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Social media posts about “limitless explosions” draw police response.

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• Japan
• (anime • crime • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers)

New vending machines around Japan dispense popular Pokémon goods with interactive Pikachu

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2018

Looking for some Pokémon merchandise? Pop by a Pokémon Stand!

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• Japan
• (Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • pokémon merchandise • Pokémon Stand • vending machines)

Step into the old pleasure quarters of a former red light district at this Japanese inn

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 11, 2018

This Japanese ryokan with a colorful past offers a modest place to stay near some major city attractions. 

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• Japan
• (Hiroshima • ichiraku • inn • ryokan • travel)

Japan-stationed U.S. fighter plane crashes in Okinawa

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2018

Japan Air Self-Defense Force rescues pilot from sea.

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• Japan, USA
• (Air Force • crash • F-15 • military • Okinawa • planes • U.S. military in Japan)

We test out wax hair removal strips from the 100-yen store on our hairy, manly legs

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2018

Could it possibly be easier than using a razor? It’s time to grit our teeth and find out!

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• Japan
• (100-yen stores • beauty products • cross-dressing • Daiso • dollar store • Go Hattori • product testing • SNJO)

What would a samurai-era cat cafe look like? Like the brand-new Edo Cat Cafe opening in Tokyo!

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2018

Take a trip back in time and into feline cuteness with this new cat cafe in one of Tokyo’s most history-rich neighborhoods.

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• Japan
• (animals • cafes • cat cafes • cats • cool • culture • Edo period • history • restaurants • Tokyo)

Japanese NASA engineer discovers letter from 2085, makes contact with time traveler

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 11, 2018

Could this letter from 67 years in the future be the real thing?

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• Japan
• (future • Japanese Twitter • letter • time travel)

Ninja-star throwing contest now accepting applicants, grand champion gets a golden shuriken

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 11, 2018

Have you got what it takes to be the deadliest shuriken slinger?

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• Japan
• (competition • contest • Ninja • shuriken • throwing stars)

Japan outlines new strategy to boost economy, aims to create lucrative “unicorn companies”

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 11, 2018

Welcome to the sequel of Abenomics.

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• Japan
• (economy • government • Japanese politics • politics • startups)

Utada Hikaru’s new song part of trailer for gorgeous Penguin Highway anime movie【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2018

J-pop star performs theme song for new anime from creator of The Tatami Galaxy.

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• Japan
• (anime • J-Pop • movies • music • Penguin Highway • Studio Colorido • Tomihiko Morimi • Utada Hikaru • video)

Cool trailer for Mario Tennis Aces pits Mario against world champion Rafael Nadal【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Jun 10, 2018

Who’s going to win? Bowser-bashing plumber with super powers or the best tennis player in the world?

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• Japan
• (cool • games • Mario • nintendo • nintendo switch • tennis)

Highway “ghost” spooks YouTube viewers in Japan【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Jun 10, 2018

The driver in this strange dashboard camera footage says it all: “Whaaaaaaaa?!”

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• Japan
• (cars • crazy • drive recorder • ghosts • highway • Nagoya • scary • video • weird)

Red, white… Beige? Twitter user overhears a children’s song with creepy implications

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 10, 2018

Out of the mouths of children comes some really messed up stuff, apparently. Twitter users lend a helping hand with deciphering the lyrics.

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• Japan
• (children • hands • scary • twitter • weird)

Otaku dating service says some of its female members specifically refuse to date Love Live! fans

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2018

Love Livers’ romantic prospects are limited, but there’s also a silver lining to being a fan of the hit idol anime.

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• Japan
• (anime • dating services • idol singers • Idols • love live • otaku • relationships • romance • Tora Con • Tora no Ana)

Japanese craftsman creates a knife from jelly and a knife from rice: Which one is the sharpest?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 9, 2018

White rice goes head to head with jelly in the sharpest blade stakes, but only one can win.

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• Japan
• (Attoteki Fushinsha no Kiwami • blades • cool • craftsman • Japanese knife • Japanese knives • knife • knives • rice • video • YouTube)

Old Japanese woman gives over 80 million yen to scam artist in new case of Japan’s oldest scam

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2018

Assumption that man on the phone was her son costs senior citizen a gigantic fortune.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • ore ore • scam • scam artists • seniors)

Anime featuring yakuza thugs getting gender reassignment surgeries to become idols begins in July

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2018

New trailers give a glimpse of the insanity.

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• Japan
• (anime • Back Street Girls • idol singers • Idols • manga • video • weird • yakuza)

Japanese vending machines loan out free, recycled umbrellas during the country’s stormy summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2018

No purchase required, consideration for others strongly encouraged.

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• Japan
• (cool • drinks • Dydo • rain • rainy season • summer • umbrellas • vending machines)

Showa Modern kimono roomwear from Japan blends beautiful retro style with contemporary comfort

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2018

Newest offerings from hyper-popular brand Mocolle are a convenient, cozy way to cosplay at home.

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• Japan
• (cool • cosplay • fahion • kimono • Mocolle • roomwear)

Pretty Cure fan reveals cost of purchasing every DVD and CD of the anime series, and it’s a lot

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2018

Which do you think costs more, the most expensive taco in the world or the entire video and musical anthology of magical girl anime franchise Pretty Cure?

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • awesome • CD • CDs • crazy • magical girls • otaku • Pretty Cure)

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  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  6. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  7. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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